The rise of electric vehicles and the quest to find solutions to energy storage for the renewables industry have created a breeding ground for tech experts to develop battery technologies.<p>Last week, Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy and the company he currently backs, Ionic Materials, unveiled a …

While the world’s attention focuses on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) connecting China with Eurasia and Africa, China is also making major investments in the Caribbean. In September 2016 the China Harbor Engineering Company (中國港灣工程有限責任公司) agreed to build a mega-port in Jamaica that would make …

As developments in artificial intelligence and robotics advance, there is going to be a severe and swift disruption of many working classes. Large swaths of laborers are going to lose their jobs, leading to unprecedented levels of unemployment.<p>To account for this problem, having access to basic …

A new guide for designers encourages them to create products that stay in closed loops and business models that discourage waste.<p>When Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam replaced its lighting, it didn’t pay for the bulbs. Instead, the airport pays for light as a service–and Philips, which designed the …

Brian Krebs is a popular reporter on the cybersecurity beat. He regularly exposes cybercriminals and their tactics, and consequently is regularly a target of their ire. Last month, he wrote about an online attack-for-hire service that resulted in the arrest of the two proprietors. In the aftermath, …

Amid fears about robots replacing human jobs, South Korea could become the first country in the world to introduce a "robot tax."<p>A new proposal could see the country reduce the amount of tax benefits for companies that invest in automated machinery.<p>So while it's not exactly a direct tax on robots, …

<b>China has successfully sent "hack-proof" messages from a satellite to Earth for the first time.</b><p>The Micius satellite beamed messages to two mountain-top receiving stations 645 km (400 miles) and 1,200 km away.<p>The message was protected by exploiting quantum physics, which says any attempt to …

China may be the planet's biggest polluter but it's also powering ahead of other countries on renewable energy.<p>As the Trump administration yanks the U.S. out of the Paris climate change agreement, claiming it will hurt the American economy, Beijing isinvesting hundreds of billions of dollars and …

Why is Amazon suddenly so interested in opening physical retail stores?<p>As upscale outdoor shopping centers go, Seattle’s University Village is unusually forward thinking. There’s a Starbucks, of course, but also a sushi place where the dishes roll by on a moving belt and each plate has an RFID …